KENNETH CURTIS

Kenneth Curtis is a member of the IP Specialties Practice Group at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner. Mr. Curtis joined the firm in 2001 with more than 25 years experience as a trial lawyer. Much of his legal career has been devoted to the preparation and trial of complex medical and legal negligence matters both as a defense attorney and as plaintiff's counsel. His practice now focuses on intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Curtis was a partner at Surovell, Jackson, Colten & Dugan in Fairfax, Virginia. He began his legal career as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Virginia, and subsequently gained valuable trial experience with a firm specializing in insurance defense litigation. Over the years, he has represented a number of physicians and health care institutions, including metropolitan area hospitals and a major HMO. He has handled numerous general liability and wrongful death matters, complex medical malpractice cases, including catastrophic birth injury, traumatic brain injury, obstetrical malpractice, psychiatric malpractice involving suicide, plastic and reconstructive surgery, infectious diseases, pharmacology, cardiac misdiagnoses, elevator and airplane accidents, and construction defect matters, using his extensive technical background and trial skills.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Curtis was an adjunct professor at The International School of Law and The George Mason University School of Law, teaching forensic evidence and directing the legal intern program. He was also an instructor at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy. Mr. Curtis has been a frequent lecturer in Virginia on the topics of expert testimony, the preparation and use of evidence at trial, and personal injury issues. He is widely known in Virginia for his knowledge of evidence and expert testimony, and is co-author of Virginia Objections at Trial, the trial lawyers handbook for the law of evidence in Virginia.

Mr. Curtis has been involved in alternative dispute resolution, serving as a neutral case evaluator, and is a past member of the 10th District Grievance Committee in Virginia.

Admitted:

1973, Virginia; 1979, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; 1981, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; 1995, Maryland; 1996, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Education:

George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1972); Seton Hall University (M.S., Analytical Chemistry, 1968); University of Buffalo (B.S., Chemistry, 1964).

Association Involvement:

American Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Maryland Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1995-); Defense Research Institute; Virginia Etheridge Society; George Mason Inn of Court (Founding Member; Master of the Bench and Executive Committee, 1989-; Chair and Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee 1989-2000; President 1999-2000).